Build with Strength Releases Wind Test Video after Tornado Crisis, Encourages Material Tests for More Secure Structures

In the wake of recent destructive spate of tornadoes across the American Southeast, Build with Strength, a coalition of the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association consisting of civic organizations, fire service professionals, architects, engineers and industry experts committed to enacting safer and more sustainable building standards, has released a video promoting the safety advantages of building with concrete. The three-minute video predominantly features the use of wind tunnels, or simulated high-velocity wind machines, designed to replicate the potential debris damage in a violent storm or tornado. Alabama experienced its deadliest storms in eight years with at least 18 tornadoes touching … Read more

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Build With Strength: Wrigley Field Stands Test of Time

CHICAGO, Ill. – Build With Strength, a coalition of the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association, continued the efforts to inform Chicago, Illinois’ design, build and code communities by releasing a new infographic highlighting a true icon of American strength and durability – the Chicago Cubs’ Wrigley Field. Opened in 1914 along Addison Street on Chicago’s north side, Wrigley Field, aka The Friendly Confines, a phrase made popular by legendary Hall of Famer Ernie “Mr. Cub” Banks, is one of the oldest Major League Baseball stadiums, second to only Boston’s Fenway Park. The stadium, consisting of 45,200 cubic feet of concrete … Read more

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Roundtable Promotes Use of Concrete Products in Construction Market

CRYSTAL CITY, Va. – Build with Strength, a coalition of the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association, chose Washington, D.C. to host the first of a series of roundtable discussions with the design/build community designed to highlight the strength and durability of concrete construction in the low- to mid-rise building sector, and in general. The panel was part of the International Concrete Sustainability Conference and featured experts from the design, construction and safety communities including Eric Coleman, development coordinator of EYC Companies; Randy Kirchain, principal research scientist at MIT; Jon Narva, director of external relations for the National Association of State … Read more

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